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Camus is slightly similar to Meursault, I think he would vote Libertarian. He
thinks everything is meaningless. He doesn’t seem to care much about what each
person thinks, but yet lets them think what they want and act according to
that. He wouldn’t care enough to follow politics, so he’d choose Libertarians,
who are the ones most likely to not interfere in his life and leave him alone
to do as he pleases, because libertarians want maximum freedom, minimum
government.
Voltaire
would vote Libertarian as well. The moral of Candide is that everyone should cultivate their own garden, which
says that everyone shouldn’t worry about other things and working will keep
them from doing bad things or being bored. Because Voltaire is basically saying
that everyone should keep to their own business, Libertarians are the most
similar. Libertarians want total social freedom and minimum government
interference.
I agree that both would libertarian, because Voltaire showed in Candided that too much power can lead to more corruption than benefits for the people and Camus wanted to show through Mersault that perhaps the opinion of one common man would not make a difference so it would be meaningless to vote.
ReplyDeleteI agree with them voting Libertarian. Voltaire seems to dislike government and this seems to be the more 'anti-government' party- if that makes any sense. Camu I feel would not vote if it required to much effort of his part, after all it all comes to the same thing at the end; what is the point for voting?
ReplyDeleteI really like what you were saying about Camus and how him not voting would be like suicide. It would be giving up. I think that you are totally right. Most people, including myself, said that he wouldn't vote because he didn't care but i think that even though he didn't care he still had to stay alive and keep pushing through. Him voting would be a way of doing that.
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